Description: ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 DENIS RICHARDS HILARY ST. GEORGE SAUNDERS HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, LONDON 1961, 1960, 1954 This account of the part played by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War first appeared in 1954 and was based on the official sources. The present edition incorporates only minor changes but otherwise retains the text and the full flavour of the original. Despite all the studies of WWII which have come out since, this narration is still unsurpassed and has become a classic. Volume 1. The Fight at Odds 1939-41 DENIS RICHARDS Rearmament and pre-war planning. Early war operations. Norway and France. The Battle of Britain and the Blitz. The bombing of Germany. Air operations in the war at sea. The Mediterranean and the Middle East. Volume 2. The Fight Avails 1941-43 DENIS RICHARDS AND HILARY ST G. SAUNDERS The Far East. The U-boat war and anti-shipping operations. The Western Desert, Malta and Tunisia. The strategic bombing offensive. Sicily. The invasion of Italy (with subsequent operations up to the fall of Rome, May 1944). Volume 3. The Fight is Won 1943-45 HILARY ST G. SAUNDERS The combined bombing offensive. The Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay. The liberation of North-West Europe - plans and preparations. Normandy and the battle for France. Flying bombs and rockets. Italy and the Balkans. The advance into Germany and the final surrender. Victory in Burma and the Far East. The war in the air - the balance sheet. 22 x 14 cm. Vol. 1. x + 430 pp + folding maps + b/w photo plates. First edition. Vol. 2. x + 415 pp + folding maps + b/w photo plates. Vol. 3. x + 441 pp + folding maps + b/w photo plates. Very good condition. All 3 dust jackets price clipped and slightly edge worn. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper of all. A couple of spots of foxing to the edges of Vols. II & III but overall clean and tidy. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: Richards & Saunders
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
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Publisher: HMSO
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